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Title: Donna Alvermann


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Donna Alvermann
  • Research Professor of Reading Education

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Research Focus
  • Alvermanns research focuses on youths multiple
    literacies in and out of school.

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Teaching Philosophy
  • Responsive to social constructionist view of
    learning.
  • Language mediates meaning-making.
  • Textual meaning is not out there to be
    acquired, but rather is co-constructed by
    individuals transacting with texts broadly
    defined (print, visual, symbolic, digital).

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Teaching Methods
  • Make use of small and large discussions as
    follow-up to mini-lessons
  • Use multi-media presentation
  • Use photographic essays
  • Power Point Presentations
  • Online Resources

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Teaching Awards
  • Distinguished Research Professor
  • Senior Teaching Fellow
  • William A. Owens Creative Research Award
  • Invited to give UGA Presidents Lecture (1996)
  • Elected to Reading Hall of Fame in 1999

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Author of
  • Adolescents and Literacies in a Digital World.
  • Bridging the Literacy Achievement Gap, Grades
    4-12.
  • Content Reading and Literacy Succeeding in
    Todays Diverse Classrooms (4th ed.).
  • 100 articles and chapters are in print!
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